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445: 368: 44: 145: 180: 196: 210: 1248: 473:(1871–72) but did not play a major role. In the 1870s and 1880s local politics in Algeria were dominated by Europeans, commercial farming by French immigrants expanded, and funding for Islamic courts was cut, as was funding for schools that trained interpreters and judges. It was in this context that the Awlad Sidi Shaykh staged the last, desperate rural revolts along the frontier with Morocco. 288:. As the population pressure slackened in the following centuries the Awlad Sidi Shaykh gradually took control of the prayer-meditation center and grew into a mid-sized tribe. The religious ideals of cooperation were replaced by a system where the Awlad Sidi Shaykh used alms to maintain their dominance. They became the dominant tribal and religious federation in the 166: 477: 152: 465:) who were insensitive to the traditions of the Awlad. One of the main military leaders of the revolt was Si Sliman, head of one of the main families. The French suppressed the revolt through greatly superior force. Awlad Sidi Ahmad Majdub of the Amir Bedouin tribe of Morocco participated in the revolt, but was pardoned and placed in the 240:, the first caliph. In the 16th century the growing population in the south-western Algerian Sahara created a need for more intense farming and for collaboration between farmers and nomads. Saint Sidi Shaykh founded a community of date farmers and nomads engaged in the caravan trade. 440:
in his struggle with the Emir 'Abd al-Qadir. However, in the southern desert regions they supported 'Abd al-Qadir. In the early 1850s the confederation was still divided. Some, led by Si Hamza, cooperated with the French. Others, led by Mohammed bin Abdallah, opposed them.
530:, a relatively enlightened secularist and republican, succeeded in convincing the Mekhedma tribe of the Sud-Oranais that they need not pay tribute. There were still disturbances until 1902, and one of Awlad's leaders, Bu 'Imama, continued to resist until 1904. 507:. They knew the planned route and were kept informed by the expedition guides, who helped sabotage the expedition by leading it past wells. Six hundred men of the three tribes gathered to ambush the expedition near the wells of 416:
when he built a military highway through two functioning cemeteries with no respect for the human remains, and converted several mosques into Catholic churches. Algerians opposed to the French occupation came to accept
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saint Sidi Shaykh. The Awlad had religious authority, and also owned agricultural settlements and engaged in trade. During the French occupation of Algeria they alternately cooperated with and opposed the colonialists.
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of the Awlad Sidi Shaykh turned to rebuilding their business, demanding donations to their shrine from the peasants, who still thought they had strong influence with God. The colonial administrator
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retreated to Morocco in 1882 the French conquest of the south of Algeria was complete. After this the Awlad Sidi Shaykh largely accepted French authority. As the rebellion died down, the itinerant
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Berbers. Their headquarters was a prayer-meditation center that taught the ethics of hard work and sharing among and between the farmers and nomads.
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it became clear that they might try to occupy the whole country and impose a rule much less acceptable than that of the Turkish Bey. In 1831 the
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Between 1864 and 1865 the Awlad Sidi Shaykh rose in rebellion against the French. The rebellion stopped southward French expansion near
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Until 1883 the Awlad continued to occasionally mount raids against the colonialists. The rebellion in the southwest led by
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owned large gardens worked by slaves and served as markets and travel lodges. They sent their earnings to the mother
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as leader of their movement. Some of the Awlad Sidi Shaykh recognized 'Abd al-Qadir as sultan, as did the powerful
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trace their genealogy to the prophet Mohamed through his daughter Fatima and his son-in-law Ali.
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region of the central northern Algerian desert. They owned houses and storage places in the
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since the 17th century. By the late 1950s, the Awlad Sidi Shaykh nomadized between the
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The Awlad Sidi Shaykh trace their ancestry to the saint Sidi Shaykh, a descendant of
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Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara: Regional Connectivity in the Twentieth Century
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Les contradictions sociales et leur expression symbolique dans le Sétifois
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tribes in the west and south of Algeria led by the descendants of the
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such as the Khenafsa became faithful to the Awlad Sidi Shaykh, the
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The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam
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In the 1840s the Awlad Sidi Shaykh assisted the Governor-General
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and the pastures of the Wadi Seggueur and Wadi Gharbi, and the
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Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win
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religious strongholds throughout the greater Tuat. The
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Sufis, as the "Champion of Islam" against the French.
459:. It was triggered by officers of the Arab Bureau ( 96: 86: 74: 63: 53: 29: 319:Descendants of the Awlad Sidi Shaykh lived in the 1021:Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-Century Africa 499:, the Awlad Sidi Shaykh confederation and the 1230: 1144:Sivers, Peter von (September–December 1983), 165: 8: 1121:Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set 712: 617: 794: 1237: 1223: 1215: 469:circle. The Awlad were restive during the 42: 674: 375:The Awlad Sidi Shaykh have been nomadic 209: 1191:, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1050:, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 644: 632: 557: 539: 907:Les oasis du Gourara (Sahara algérien) 878: 842: 830: 782: 763: 751: 736: 724: 700: 605: 590: 573: 371:Territory of Awlad Sidi Shaykh in 1842 26: 1188:Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins 1072:"The Proposed Trans-Saharian Railway" 866: 854: 806: 7: 48:Notable of Awlad Sidi Shaykh in 1885 818: 117: 276:Arab tribes in the Gurara and the 25: 1118:Shillington, Kevin (2013-07-04), 1044:Naylor, Phillip C. (2015-05-07), 179: 1246: 1047:Historical Dictionary of Algeria 269:ideology to the villages of the 208: 194: 178: 164: 150: 143: 1185:Suwaed, Muhammad (2015-10-30), 956:Clancy-Smith, Julia A. (1994), 663:Cahiers de géographie du Québec 1098:, Cambridge University Press, 1092:Scheele, Judith (2012-04-30), 1024:, Cambridge University Press, 331:. They also owned land in the 1: 316:in the northwest of Algeria. 251:dates this to 1651, when the 1018:Martin, B. G. (2003-02-13), 998:, Cornell University Press, 992:Krause, Peter (2017-05-15), 936:, Univ of California Press, 930:Burke, Edmund (2014-09-10), 491:of 1880–81 were made by the 487:Plans to destroy the second 448:Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh in 195: 151: 503:before the expedition left 406:invasion of Algiers in 1830 323:, where they were known as 78:Sidi Shaykh (descendant of 1450: 1167:Sivers, Peter von (2012), 1406: 1263: 124:) was a confederation of 41: 36: 1080:Charles Scribner's Sons 904:Bellil, Rachid (1999), 300:region, and controlled 1429:Arab tribes in Algeria 1070:Ney, Napoleon (1891), 910:, Peeters Publishers, 657:Despois, Jean (1959). 484: 452: 372: 895:Aīssa Ouitis (1977), 479: 450:El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh 447: 438:Thomas Robert Bugeaud 370: 351:, and to the east in 314:El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh 172:El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh 37:Arab tribe in Algeria 973:Grandjean, Charles, 483:of Awlad Sidi Shaykh 412:caused a scandal in 227:Locations in Algeria 224:class=notpageimage| 1076:Scribner's Magazine 766:, pp. 100–101. 528:Alfred Le Chatelier 489:Flatters expedition 485: 453: 373: 1416: 1415: 1368:Awlad Sidi Shaykh 1198:978-1-4422-5451-0 1131:978-1-135-45669-6 1105:978-1-107-02212-6 1057:978-0-8108-7919-5 1031:978-0-521-53451-2 1005:978-1-5017-1266-1 943:978-0-520-27381-8 917:978-90-429-0721-8 881:, pp. 39–40. 869:, pp. 53–54. 821:, pp. 636ff. 713:Clancy-Smith 1994 618:Aīssa Ouitis 1977 593:, pp. 113ff. 404:After the French 236:'s father-in-law 122:Ouled Sidi Cheikh 110:Awlad Sidi Shaykh 106: 105: 30:Awlad Sidi Shaykh 18:Ouled Sidi Cheikh 16:(Redirected from 1441: 1373:Awlad Sidi Yahya 1251: 1250: 1239: 1232: 1225: 1216: 1207: 1206: 1205: 1181: 1180: 1179: 1163: 1162: 1161: 1140: 1139: 1138: 1114: 1113: 1112: 1088: 1087: 1086: 1066: 1065: 1064: 1040: 1039: 1038: 1014: 1013: 1012: 988: 987: 986: 969: 968: 967: 952: 951: 950: 926: 925: 924: 900: 882: 876: 870: 864: 858: 852: 846: 840: 834: 828: 822: 816: 810: 804: 798: 795:Shillington 2013 792: 786: 780: 767: 761: 755: 749: 740: 734: 728: 722: 716: 710: 704: 698: 689: 688: 678: 676:10.7202/020194ar 654: 648: 642: 636: 630: 621: 615: 609: 603: 594: 588: 577: 571: 551: 544: 497:Hoggar Mountains 333:Hoggar Mountains 250: 216:Hoggar Mountains 212: 211: 198: 197: 182: 181: 168: 167: 154: 153: 147: 119: 118:أولاد سيدي الشيخ 46: 32:أولاد سيدي الشيخ 27: 21: 1449: 1448: 1444: 1443: 1442: 1440: 1439: 1438: 1419: 1418: 1417: 1412: 1402: 1363:Awlad Sidi Abid 1259: 1245: 1243: 1212: 1210: 1203: 1201: 1199: 1184: 1177: 1175: 1166: 1159: 1157: 1143: 1136: 1134: 1132: 1117: 1110: 1108: 1106: 1091: 1084: 1082: 1069: 1062: 1060: 1058: 1043: 1036: 1034: 1032: 1017: 1010: 1008: 1006: 991: 984: 982: 972: 965: 963: 959:Rebel and Saint 955: 948: 946: 944: 929: 922: 920: 918: 903: 894: 890: 885: 877: 873: 865: 861: 853: 849: 841: 837: 829: 825: 817: 813: 805: 801: 793: 789: 781: 770: 762: 758: 750: 743: 735: 731: 723: 719: 711: 707: 699: 692: 669:(6): 408, 414. 656: 655: 651: 643: 639: 631: 624: 616: 612: 604: 597: 589: 580: 572: 559: 555: 554: 545: 541: 536: 520:Cheikh Bouamama 516:Cheikh Bouamama 495:Tuaregs of the 402: 397: 379:inhabiting the 365: 286:Atlas Mountains 284:of the Saharan 244: 242:A. 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Ouled Sidi Cheikh

Arab
Algeria
Abu Bakr
Arabic
Sunni Islam
Arabic
Arab
Sufi
Awlad Sidi Shaykh is located in Algeria
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Muhammad
Abu Bakr
A. G. P. Martin
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walis
Tuat
Gurara
Sharifian
Zenata
Sahara
Atlas Mountains
Aïn Madhi
Gourara
Tuat
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh
Hoggar Mountains
trade routes
Timbuktu

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